Gun control advocates call on Sen. Pat Toomey to lead efforts to close loophole in ...
(World News USA)

Local gun control advocates on Tuesday urged Republican Sen. Pat Toomey to take the lead on a background check measure wallowing in the U.S. Senate that they believe will close a loophole that permits unfit gun buyers from acquiring firearms through private sales. `If he really wants to be a leader on this - he is negotiating with the president and he is talking with (Senate majority leader) Mitch McConnell - we just want him to stand up for the strongest bill possible,` said Shira Goodman, executive director of CeaseFirePA. `We don´t think it´s time to move backwards, we think it´s time to move forward.` Goodman was one of several...